HRC Blog

Since the speaker of the Ugandan parliament promised to pass the heinous anti-gay bill that would criminalize homosexuality as an end of the year “Christmas gift,” religious leaders around the world have been speaking out as a principle of their faith.

Earlier today the FBI released the 2011 Hate Crime Statistics, finding for the first time, crimes directed against individuals on the basis of sexual orientation are the second most frequent hate crime committed after crimes based on race.